Video: Senior Student-Athletes Complete Life Skills Program with Etiquette Dinner

The American University Department of Athletics presented its
annual Etiquette Dinner this spring for its senior student-athletes
as part of its Life Skills Program. The event focuses on business
etiquette and proper dining manners, including proper silverware
use and appropriate conversation at a business meal. This
year’s event, which was held at a Washington-area restaurant,
was run by Michelle Pollard Patrick of National Protocol. Watch the
video from the event below.

"Our goal in offering this opportunity to our senior
student-athletes is to complement the other skill sets they learned
and developed while at American University," remarked Associate
Director of Athletics Athena Argyropoulos. "It is our way of
providing a special evening that will impact their lives moving
forward."

American’s four-year Life Skills program is designed to
prepare its student-athletes for life after college. It consists of
four programs: TALONS (freshmen), financial literacy (sophomores),
resume building (juniors) and the aforementioned etiquette dinner
(seniors).

The TALONS program (Thinking and Learning Opportunities for New
Student-Athletes) coaches student-athletes on the challenges they
face as new college students. The series of workshops and speakers
focus on time management, balancing class and sports, study skills
and stress management.

As sophomores, student-athletes participate in a financial
literacy program run by EverFi. It is designed to help
student-athletes manage everything from credit card debt, student
loans and how to budget their money. Click here to watch a video
that showcases AU’s sophomore student-athletes in this
program.

In their junior year, the student-athletes participate in
resume-building workshops, which help prepare them to acquire
internships and jobs. Advisors from American University’s
Career Center show student-athletes how to market their unique
experiences in athletics to future employers.

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